Flower-faced bat

Flower-faced bat
The bat's face, depicted by Ernst Haeckel
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Hipposideridae
Genus:	Anthops Thomas, 1888
Species:	A. ornatus
Binomial name
Anthops ornatus Thomas, 1888
Flower-faced bat range

The flower-faced bat (Anthops ornatus) is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is in the monotypic genus Anthops.^[2] It is found in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville of Papua New Guinea and in the Solomon Islands. This rare and little-known bat has been recorded from tropical moist forest and flying around village houses.^[1]

1. ^ ^{a b} Leary, T.; Lavery, T.H.; Pennay, M. (2020). "Anthops ornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T1620A22103184. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T1620A22103184.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. ^ "Anthops Thomas, 1888". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

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